116 3rd St SE
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
SMG Player of the Year: Atwater overcomes physical, emotional pain to excel
Dec. 11, 2011 12:00 am
MARION - Like so many other football players, Mark Atwater tapes his wrists before games and writes inspirational messages on them. Those messages were always the same this fall.
“12-1-10” was one. That's the date his grandmother passed away.
Then there was “Dad.”
Daily Newsletters